ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME   RECORD LENGTH
  still valid   centimetres ~ inches
         
PERCH-LIKE FISHES        
         
Nile Perch Lates niloticus S:  194 76
    F: 251 99
         
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii S: 128 50
    F: 183 72
    ?: 200 79
         
Tanganyika Lates Lates angustifrons S: approx. 80 approx. 31
    F: 205 81
         
Barramundi Lates calcarifer S: 124 49
    F: 180 71
    ?: 200 79
         
Striped Bass Morone saxatilis S: 135 53
    F: 180 71
    ?: over 200 over 79
         
? Macrospinosa cuja F: 152 60
         
Clarence River Cod Maccullochella ikei F: approx. 120 approx. 47
         
Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens S: 106 42
    F: approx. 120 approx. 47
         
Japanese Lates Lates japonicus S: 130 51
    F:  150 59
         
Forktail Lates Lates microlepis S: 93 37
    F:  135 53
         
Giant Snakehead Channa micropeltes S: approx. 110 approx. 43
    F:  over 180 over 71
    ?: 213 84
         
Great Snakehead Channa marulius S: approx. 100 approx. 39
    F: 183 72
         
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua S: approx. 70 approx. 28
    F: approx. 100 approx. 39
         
Papuan Black Snapper Lutjanus goldiei S: approx. 100 approx. 39
    F: 100 39
         
Zander Sander lucioperca S: 120 47
    F: 132 52
         
Speckled Peacock Cichla temensis S: 99 39
    F: over 100 over 39
         
Striped Snakehead Channa striata S: 79 31
    F:  over 150 over 59
         
Boeseman Croaker Boesemania microlepis S: approx. 80 approx. 31
    F: over 100 over 39
         
Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis S: approx. 65 approx. 26
    F: over 85 over 33
         
Giant Gourami Osphronemus goramy S: approx. 70 approx. 28
    F: over 80 over 31
         
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides S: 100 39
         
Barca Snakehead Channa barca F:  90 35
         
Borna Snakehead Channa amphibeus F:   90 35
         
Turquoise Cichlid Caquetaia umbrifera S: approx. 50 approx. 20
    F:   80 31
         
Giant Cichlid Boulengerochromis microlepis F:  80 31
    ?: 90 35
         
Walleye Sander vitreus S: over 107 over 42
         
Chinese Perch Siniperca chuatsi S: 65 26
         
Volga Zander Sander volgensis S: approx. 65 approx. 26
    F: 110 43
         
Orinoco Peacock Cichla orinocensis S: approx. 70 approx. 28
    F: approx. 90 approx. 35
         
Estuary Perch Macquaria colonorum S: approx. 55 approx. 22
    F: 70 28
         
Bigmouth Sleeper Gobiomorus dormitor S: approx. 60 approx. 24
    F:  90 35
         
Chameleon Cichlid Cichlasoma facetum F:  70 28
         
Jaguar Guapote Parachromis managuensis S: 55 22
    F:  70 28
         
Snakehead/Amur Snakehead Channa argus S: 101 40
    ?: 150 59
         
? Cichla monoculus F: 80 31
         
Creole Perch Percichthys trucha S: approx. 70 approx. 28
         
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus S: 64 25
    F: approx. 70 approx. 28
         
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus S: approx. 55 approx. 22
    F: approx. 65 approx. 26
         
Freshwater Mullet Myxus petardi S: approx. 60 approx. 24
    F: 81 32
         
European Perch Perca fluviatilis S: 67 26
    F: 68 27
         
Butterfly Peacock Cichla ocellaris S: 67 26
    S?: 74 29
         
Guapote Parachromis dovii S: 72 28
         
Black Bream Hephaestus fuliginosus S: 60 24
         
Yellow-belly Bream Serranochromis robustus S: 56 22
    F: 57 22
         
River Blackfish Gadopsis marmoratus F: 60 24
         
Blackstriped Peacock Cichla intermedia S: 55 22
    F: approx. 60 approx. 24
         
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu S: 69 27
         
Bigeye Lates Lates mariae F:  86 34
         
Sarasin's Goby Mugilogobius sarasinorum F:  80 31
         
? Glossogobius flavipinnis F:  80 31
         
Nurseryfish Kurtus gulliveri F:  63 25
         
Zingel Zingel zingel S: 40 16
    F: 50 20
         

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Official and informal world records of freshwater fishes
Record length
last update: 21st May 2008, by Mr. Heinz Machacek